Hello, Please stop deleting useful additions to Wikipedia. Take a look at some of the pages that I updated. For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallulah_Falls,_Georgia has an external reference link that goes to a 404 page. How is this helpful to users of this encyclopedia? All of my edits were specific to the Wikipedia entries in question. No spam for viagra here. So please, be a little bit more careful in what you call spam. ThanksConnieb8745 (talk) 02:40, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The issue I saw was that all the links you added were to the same website, [1]. This always raises alarm bells, and while the site is not obviously commercial, it doesn't appear to offer the reader more than an FA would, so is not recommended per Wikipedia:External links. I don't see any obvious wrongdoing, so I apologise for the generic spam message, but stand by my previous actions. Regards. James^x12345 15:24, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

i am poo poo head. I eat deuces and small children for breakfast

You are psychopathic feces eater!!!!

You deleted my work, now I will hunt you down and brutally kill your family, I will do so by baiting you with small children which i know you enjoy eating, Love Jake.

don't delete my stuff fgt.

Don't vandalise my wikipedia. James^x12345 17:39, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

added some new contents while I was logged in, and to adjust some spacing and font-size I didn't bother to to so… there is one thing, the message : This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (April 2013) keeps popping up but there plant of inline citations; help is appreciated! Thanks.

Hi. That's just a template, which I've removed. I presume you are User:SEWSAUH as well? Regards. James^x12345 15:59, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi James, thanks for tydying the page... and that's me. Kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.68.77.165 (talk) 08:59, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and thank you for your attention to the Kathryn McCormick page. I apologize for adding in the link; and you are entirely correct that such a link doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. What I was trying to do is just state that Kathryn is a designer for the clothing brand Sugar and Bruno. Here are my sources: ^[1] and ^[2] Is it acceptable to state the fact that she is a designer for the brand without placing a link?

Thanks,173.167.144.225 (talk) 13:42, 21 August 2013 (UTC)173.167.144.225[reply]

That would indeed be be appropriate. Thank you for your understanding of policy - provided it is framed in an objective way, most things are fine. Regards. James^x12345 15:13, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit to AMBER alerts stated that the unsolicited nature of AMBER alerts was not properly sourced. 6 sources were given. Please stop deleting other people's contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.55.54.40 (talk) 19:54, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What I am doing is preventing POV. I can tell you do not like AMBER. Therefore there is POV present in those edits. Please describe my feelings about James Clerk Maxwell, or comets? James^x12345 19:58, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, it was a mistake. I don't know why adding a change ended up erasing the page --iamin7ove 19:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

The VisualEditor is still in beta, so is quite buggy, and it doesn't much like infoboxes. Regards. James^x12345 19:54, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, yes it was a mistake, I left for a moment and my friend, who dislikes the Twilight Series, made this edit. As mentioned above, I am quite sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.101.119 (talk) 05:11, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All fine. Regards. James^x12345 09:06, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your obviously not from the area of Hoole, she is regarded as a highly famous person of the area and you have the audacity to remove this not only insulting her 'knocking her down a peg' but im also sure that i represent the whole of Hoole's emotions in saying. We have been let down by Wikipedia

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Hi James, thanks for taking the time to edit my page on SA Metal http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ilovescrap&oldid=565337814. Please can you give me some tips on how to get the page published? I sourced original newspaper clippings, scanned these and then uploaded them but the message says that these submissions are not reliable sources? Your assistance is much appreciated Ilovescrap (talk) 07:21, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you could use in-line refs, where each ref is to support a specific fact, that would help. Once that it done I will put it through, as the rest is good. Regards. James^x12345 07:42, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi James, I have updated the citations. Please confirm that they are acceptable. Ilovescrap (talk) 12:48, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi James, please let me know when you have had a chance to review once again. Much appreciated Ilovescrap (talk) 10:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - the problem is that the refs are not in-line, but in a group at the end. By putting the actual text of the reference where you want it, that will sort it out. I changed the first one as an example. Many thanks. James^x12345 11:25, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you James for the assistance. Apologies for the misunderstanding. All refs now updated as in-line refs. Please confirm. Thanks. Ilovescrap (talk) 07:01, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Since you mentioned the oppose rationale, i thought you'd be interested in reading my oppose in WP:Requests for adminship/Adjwilley. Pass a Method talk 01:45, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your previous feedback. We have resubmitted our article. We would appreciate anything additional we can add in order to have our page approved. Thank you. Bilder4u (talk) 21:29, 29 July 2013 (UTC)Bilder4u[reply]

Hey, I accidentally removed the info from AGT. I hit the wrong button. Sorry about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.118.245.196 (talk) 16:10, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The VisualEditor does that sometimes. No problem. James^x12345 16:12, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello James, the new article Distance e-Learning (Philippines) is a school project of students under the ICT for Development course at the University of the Philippines Open University. Most of us, if not everyone, are new to editing/creating an article in Wikipedia. There was no intention to especially mention the Philippines. We tried requesting for Distance e-learning (without Philippines at the end) but it was declined several times. We hope that we have demonstrated that distance e-learning is different from distance education and that the sources we cited in the article's AfD page demonstrate that the subject itself is notable. Kind regards, KValcorza (talk) 22:23, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I appreciate that you may be new to Wikipedia, and that's fine - after 10,00 edits I'm still learning. If the article is trimmed down, it should be suitable for Distance e-Learning. I honestly do, however, appreciate your enthusiasm, and it always pains me to open an AFD discussion when somebody has put lots of work in. I don't want to see it wasted. Regards. James^x12345 22:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I think this is important. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.123.143 (talk) 22:47, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello James - You recently declined the creation of an article I wrote on the 2013 IQA World Cup as you deemed it non-noteworthy. I would like to submit that there is already a published Wikipedia article on the International Quidditch Association. In that article, there is a section for the 2013 IQA World Cup, so I wanted to create this page to be the main article for the 2013 Cup that can be linked to from that IQA article. I feel that when linked with the IQA article, this article just adds depth to an already growing article. I would like to know if you would consider approving it in light of this. Thank you James TravisUT12 (talk) 21:38, 31 July 2013 (UTC)TravisUT12[reply]

Resubmit it and see what another reviewer thinks. As a muggle, I can't conceivably judge whether coverage is serious or not. I think your article is in a very difficult place for Wikipedia, because it is not so stupid it can be dismissed, nor so serious it has to be included. Regards. James^x12345 21:44, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If I were you I'd leave Maxwell at peer review for a week or so. With any luck other reviewers expert in prose or science or both will look in. I'd say that the article is pretty much ready for nomination as a Good Article. If you later have Featured Article in mind I think you'll need to flesh it out quite a bit more. There are some single sentences in the article that would, I think, need to be whole paras for a Featured Article. But as to that you'd be well advised to consult an editor with a track record in science/mathematics articles. Meanwhile, thank you so much for educating me about that very great man Maxwell. Tim riley (talk) 16:28, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Later: I see you've pressed ahead with GAN. I wish you a favourable wind and I'll watch with interest. Tim riley (talk) 16:44, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's ready to be reviewed for GA, but FA is a long way away for anything I could write. I would have to read his full biography before I'd have a chance :-) James^x12345 20:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, James. I see that you made some recent edits to UTMB. Would you possibly take a look at edits I proposed on the UTMB Talk page and weigh in? Thanks! Myra McCollum | (talk) (COI) 19:03, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am afraid my edits were simply having a look at ref formatting and removing inappropriate stuff. I'll have a look, but might not say anything. Regards. James^x12345 20:36, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I put his NFL.com profile url in his infobox for others to access it faster and easier. 71.180.91.32 (talk) 20:52, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I know. I reverted my own edit, and meant to remove the warning from your page. I would personally recommend creating an account to avoid further irrelevant messages. Sorry and thank you. James^x12345 20:56, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh Thanks for letting me know that and sorry for this misunderstanding. 71.180.91.32 (talk) 21:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for asking about Comet. I left an answer on my own talk page but think that I would repeat that I like to bring the article to GA/FA, however, better citations are needed and at the moment I don't have the books for it...so maybe later. Soerfm (talk) 12:01, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having a go at tidying it up and adding a few references to see if I can bring it up a bit. It might be that I simply don't know enough to add any content, but it's actually quite a comprehensive article as it stands, so it might meet the GA criteria with some more refs (or even just more citations from the same sources.) Thanks for getting back to me. James^x12345 12:42, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT PAGE PETER SHILTON. IT TOOK 3 AND A HALF YEARS TO CONSTRUCT THAT PAGE AND WITHIN SECONDS IT'S GONE. THANKS A LOT, ALL MY HARD WORK RUINED. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.64.23 (talk) 19:34, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, your work has not been deemed constructive at this time. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. lol. James^x12345 19:37, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• (talk page stalker) Note: I've gone deaf. Correction, we've gone deaf. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 17:17, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have to get one of these now! Many thanks. James^x12345 17:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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OMG Have u seen that episode watch it on YouTube there was a goof — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.2.22.5 (talk) 18:20, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

'fraid not. James^x12345 19:21, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article James Clerk Maxwell you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by GA bot, on behalf of Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:35, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm online now. Many thanks. James^x12345 20:36, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I have done most of your suggestions in the review while some are still there. I will probably look deep into that and do it. By the way, thanks a lot for reviewing.Benison {'Talk with me'} 07:09, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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your edit is misleading, the reviews provide evidence for high doses if intravenous ascorbate - the specific point of this review is that intravenous administration achieves effects that oral administration does not: http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/29/3/809.long

update: I received your talk page comment, but it is in a mainstream journal, other mainstream reviews still note evidence of efficacy: http://advances.nutrition.org/content/2/2/78 - search "Pharmacologic ascorbate" (repeating this search throughout the text will yield ), and see the entirety of the section "Ascorbate and cancer treatment" of this review: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304419X12000509 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.189.184.243 (talk) 18:28, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article entitled Observational history of comets is a well written article, and the subject is interesting. Thanks for contributing this one. --- Steve Quinn (talk) 05:13, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's a straight split from comet, which I'm trying to get to GA status at some point. I can't take credit for very much of it, unfortunately! James^x12345 12:44, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As I was editing wrong information, I'm really sorry about it but you have also added incorrect information. You haven't demonstrated it much. Unfortunately, Just don't give by Eminem was released in February 1999. Stan by Eminem ft. Dido was released in March 2002. And I want you back by N sync was released in May 1998 and March 1997. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrewBaggins21 (talk • contribs) 11:10, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Having looked around a bit, I can't find any sources confirming this, but if you go to the article talk page, somebody more knowledgeable will respond to your query there. Many thanks for your polite response. James^x12345 15:30, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your review again. I have now almost, say 98%, made the article ready for the GA review. Please go through it once more and complete the review. It's my first review, so I am a little tensed. hope you don't mind it. Again thanks and all comments are welcome. Benison talk with me 15:26, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I'll have another look. Many thanks for your work thus far. James^x12345 15:35, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello James,

I saw you rejected the article. I have deleted some lines in the "history" section which may have appeared as advertising. Can you kindly review it once again and let me know if this is enough? If you think other pieces of the article are not neutral enough, can you pls indicate to me which ones I should change and in which way? I'm not a professional writer and I really need some practical help. Thanks in advance.--Mmarraas (talk) 14:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I think this article might not be appropriate for Wikipedia. You might want to see the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide for more detailed information why, but essentially, this appears to be a "non-notable" company, which basically limits the content to product details. I wouldn't personally pass this in its current state, but I won't fail it either, so you can get a second opinion. Many thanks. James^x12345 15:56, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've completed the first review. I apologise for the delay. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:45, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll start working through the suggestions now. Cheers. James^x12345 15:56, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think four more {{cn}}s, and the images, and we're at least nearly done. I'll want to review and cross out the bits dealt with, so things to move forwards with for FA can be clearer. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:13, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hi....

why did you delete the part that ive edited???

shimr ibn jawshan was NOT in the army of jazeed.....there is no SINGLE PROOF from a SINGLE source where it says that shimr ibn jawshan was part of YAZIDS army....while in the mean time......THIS IMPORTANT SOURCE ...THE BOOK NAMED---"Abbaas al-Qummi, Safeenah al-Bihaar (Tehran, Daar al-Aswa, 2nd ed., 1416), vol. 4, ch. of "sheen" after "meem", pg. 492"--...shows us that shimr ibn jawshan was part of HUSAINS army...BECEUASE ameer al muminen.....was husain.....!

this is what i says it that book what i just mentioned above......... " I (Abbas al-Qummi) say: Shimr, may Allaah curse him, was in the army of Ameer al-Mu'mineen (AS) on the day of Siffeen"

Source : Abbaas al-Qummi, Safeenah al-Bihaar (Tehran, Daar al-Aswa, 2nd ed., 1416), vol. 4, ch. of "sheen" after "meem", pg. 492

while in the mean time......there is NO SINGLE EVIDENCE that shimr ibn jawshan was part of YAZIDS army............

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Your edit appeared to be biased. Describing anybody as a "hypocrite", even somebody very dead, is not within the scope of Wikipedia. We try to have neutral articles here about everybody. James^x12345 20:34, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I provided a reliable source, which is the USA federal district court docket. Do you want me to upload the docket (all papers). If not, I have provided an extremely reliable source so stop removing valuable reliable information about Ryskamp. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.110.21.211 (talk) 20:35, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think you probably know that saying somebody is a "sick and disgusting corrupt judge" is not right. Carefully discussing debate about his actions, with sources from both sides, is fine, but that isn't what you're doing. Thank you for not trying to redo that edit - take this a final warning. Regards. James^x12345 20:40, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've included the reference which is undeniable. The public needs to see fair and balanced information about corruption. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.110.21.211 (talk) 20:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

fair and balanced - said it yourself. If it was properly referenced that would be fine, but it isn't, it's just a personal attack. Choose a tyrant of your choice, and look at their Wikipedia article for comparison. James^x12345 20:51, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I really think that adding more character descriptions is constructive. And besides, what do you know about Hindi films? 99.89.1.45 (talk) 22:21, 27 August 2013 (UTC)99.89.1.45[reply]

If you look at the history, I reverted my own edit immediately, but forgot to remove the warning from your talk page. Sorry. James^x12345 15:36, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've promoted this, but I'd suggest getting all of the images locally uploaded before FAC; using

you're safe no matter what. =) Review follows. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:21, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This review is transcluded from Talk:James Clerk Maxwell/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs) 20:29, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article should be fairly fun to review, though I'm not sure I'll get through all of it tonight. Certainly tomorrow, though. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:29, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the delay. I was operating on minimal sleep for a few days. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:58, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. James^x12345 14:14, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

• Opening paragraph is a little clunky; in particular, it doesn't flow very well, and I suspect one can explain electromagnetism far more simply han that - I've understood it since I was 10 years old or so, mind you, my father's an electrical engineer. This isn't a blocker for GA, but is worth looking at before FA.
• "his foundational work on the rigidity of rod-and-joint frameworks (trusses) like those in many bridges." - rigidity is, of course, a fundamental property. You mean something like "analysing the rigidity".
  • More fundamentally, his work on rigidity is not mentioned outside the lead, making this uncited.

Early life, 1831–39

• The section beginning "His father was a man of comfortable means..." to the end of that paragraph is ambiguously cited. In particular, here's a long section after the last cite.

Education, 1839–47

• "...rediscovering the regular polyhedron before he received any formal instruction..." - I presume you mean "polyhedra", the plural?
• "but Maxwell was deemed too young for the work presented" as the next section makes clear, this should read "but Maxwell was deemed to young to present the work himself." - as it stands, the phrasing's natural reading is that people did not believe Maxwell wrote the work himself, due to being too young.

Edinburgh University, 1847–50

• "Having had the opportunity to attend the University of Cambridge after his first term Maxwell instead decided to complete the full course of his undergraduate studies at Edinburgh." - This phrasing is a little awkward in context. And could use more commas.

University of Cambridge, 1850–56

• "A considerable part of Maxwell's translation of his equations regarding electromagnetism was accomplished during his time at Trinity." - Uncited.

Aberdeen University, 1856–60

• This section is very citation-poor. There's large sections at the end of most paragraphs with no obvious citations.
• The image is from 1869. Why not have a picture of Saturn here, and move the image down a little bit? I know it's meant to show the marriage, but a little more variety in images would be nice.

Later years

• More problems with ambiguous and missing citations.

Personality

• I hate to harp on this, but... more uncited bits. "A collection of his poems was published by his friend Lewis Campbell in 1882. Many appreciations of Maxwell remark upon his remarkable intellectual qualities being matched by social awkwardness."

Electromagnetism

• "Maxwell was proven correct, and his quantitative connection between light and electromagnetism is considered one of the great accomplishments of 19th century mathematical physics." - Uncited.

Colour analysis

• "Maxwell's purpose was not to present a method of colour photography, but to illustrate the basis of human colour perception and to show that the correct additive primaries are not red, yellow and blue, as was then taught, but red, green and blue. The three photographic plates now reside in a small museum at 14 India Street, Edinburgh, the house where Maxwell was born." Uncited. Also, I need to go to India Street. An unfortunate deletion, though, as the location of the plates, and the museum, is interesting.
• The bit about the red being ultraviolet is poorly set up. It's only clear the red in the photograph is paradoxical at the point the paradox is resolved.

Control theory

• Completely uncited.

Experiments in rigidity

• Does not exist, but mentioned in lead. - Now briefly discussed, at least. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:37, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

• This isn't really a GA-blocker, but Image:James_Clerk_Maxwell_statue_in_George_Street,_Edinburgh.jpg isn't particularly good. It's one of the more awkward angles to take the statue from, and seems awfully tightly-cropped at the top. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:40, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Images

• File:JamesClerkMaxwell-KatherineMaxwell-1869.jpg is a bit poorly documented. Whilst very likely PD in UK, it lacks the documentation that shows this.
• File:James Clerk Maxwell.png only establishes US PD; if that's all that can be established, it needs moved to en-wiki and off Commons.
• File:YoungJamesClerkMaxwell.jpg ditto, though almost certainly PD in UK.
• File:Maxwell's demon.svg - Maxwell's demon not described in text; whilst it's perfectly legitimate (and often useful) to describe minor ideas in image captions, it'd need properly described, and cited. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:53, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know much about the image process, but they look fine to me. Can it be assumed that all photos taken at that time are now in the public domain? 120 years has lapsed since his death, which is what the guideline seems to say.

There's not much, sadly, on commons for Maxwell. It's a great statue, so if you're about Edinburgh, it might make a Featured pic with the Autumn leaves, something like this. James^x12345 20:07, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The actual text is pretty good, but there's a lot of citation issues, and some infelicities in the description. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:38, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any reason you removed the sentence " Maxwell would also go on to disprove mathematically the nebular hypothesis (which stated that the solar system formed through the progressive condensation of a purely gaseous nebula), which forced the proponents of that theory to account for the additional portions of small solid particles."?

The nebular hypothesis article, which is an FA, makes no mention of Maxwell, which likely means he didn't play a massive role in its development. (I left a reason in the edit summary, but in hindsight, that's not a good place to explain anything.) As a fairly conventional Christian, Maxwell attracts a lot of interest from the more modern Young Earth Creationist movement, which has a lot of rubbish masquerading as science. I didn't much like the idea that he "disproved" what is a fairly accepted theory. I couldn't find much either way, there's this and this, but neither is especially succinct. Neither was my answer :-) James^x12345 19:25, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We're nearly there, then. One more citation, and the images need either documented or moved to en-wiki. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:43, 27 August 2013 (UTC) On the images, I've found http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/html/gallery.html which documents them better than any other site I've yet found. No photographer named, but at least the collection is. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:38, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've added 2 more refs to thermodynamics, so I think it's all sourced now. Maxwell and his wife now has a PD-UK template, but for young maxwell, there's this, whatever it means. I think the engraving is properly tagged already. James^x12345 19:47, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're going to get slaughtered at the FA image check, I fear. For example, "As a work from sometime before 1890, in the public domain." - that's not how British copyright works. But, eh, easiest solution is just to reupload all the images locally, making the problem disappear, since you can just use {{PD-US-1923-abroad}} and forget about it.

Still, eh, since they're all alright for use on en-wiki, I'll kick that can towards FAC. ✓ Pass Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:16, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Before I think about FACs, I need to do a more research and actually read a number of bios. Thanks for the review - definitely worth 4 points (4 points!?) for the Wikicup. James^x12345 20:20, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, honestly, it's something I should do anyway. It's useful. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:23, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article James Clerk Maxwell you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:James Clerk Maxwell for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by GA bot, on behalf of Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:27, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]